Woman falls toddler and then jumps from 2nd story, another baby has not responded

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Feb. 27, 2019, 01:07 GMT

By Dennis Romero

A baby was dead and her baby brother was admitted to hospital after a witness & # 39; screaming child of 911 operators reported that his mother saw how a mother threw the boy from a second-floor apartment on Tuesday in southern California.

"The resident continued to look at and identified a female woman later as the mother who holds the child over a second story, and continues to Police Chief Police Captain Marcelo A. Blanco "She watched it while she was telephoning."

Police responded to the Los Angeles city center at about 11:30 on the 11:30 report. saw the mother jump "first face" from the same landing, he said.

Officers who checked the apartment for other people came to a girl who was allegedly about 7 months old The baby was "not breathing and not responding," Blanco said.

She was declared dead after arriving at a hospital, he said. presumably between 1 and 2 years old – was also admitted to hospital and both were stable

Blanco said investigators had hoped the parent, just as a 24-year-old identified a man. wife, so that she can be questioned by homicide investigators. She was not arrested. No one else was found at the apartment.

Any story is still unknown. Blanco said the children 's father arrived at the apartment and said he "had no idea why this would happen."

Authorities believe the girl suffered a broken skull and internal injuries, but the exact cause of death would be determined. after an autopsy, the captain said.